Article 24 Oaths and affidavits

For Order 32, rule 8, there shall be substituted the following new rule:—

“Officers may administer oaths

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The following persons shall have authority to administer oaths and take affidavits for the purpose of proceedings in the Supreme Court, namely—

(a)

the holder of any office which is listed in column 1 of Part II or III of Schedule 2 to the Act and any person appointed to act as a deputy for a person holding any such office or as a temporary additional officer in any such office, and

(b)

any district registrar, deputy district registrar or assistant district registrar, and

(c)

any officer in the court service established by section 27 of the Courts Act 1971 who is for the time being authorised in that behalf by the Lord Chancellor.”.